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Online Encyclopedia: African American History, Organizations

The following are short descriptions of individuals, places and events which have contributed to the shaping of African American history. These encyclopedia entries serve as a starting point for much more inclusive descriptions and discussions that appear in other sources. For additional information please consult the print or website sources cited in the entry.



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100 Black Men of America, Inc.Organizations
1st Rhode Island RegimentOrganizations
32nd and 33rd WAACS Headquarters Companies (World War II)Organizations
369th Infantry Regiment “Harlem Hellfighters”Organizations
54th Massachusetts Infantry (1863-1865)Organizations
761st Tank Battalion (1942-45)Organizations
African Blood Brotherhood (1919-1924)Organizations
African Company / African Grove TheatreOrganizations
Afro-American Council (1898-1907)Organizations
Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights (ACMHR)Organizations
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.Organizations
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.Organizations
Alvin Ailey Dance TheaterOrganizations
American Colonization Society (1816-1964) Organizations
American League of Colored Laborers (1850 - ?)Organizations
American Negro Academy (1897-1924)Organizations
American Negro Theatre (1940 - mid 1950's)Organizations
Anita Bush PlayersOrganizations
Atlanta Negro Voters League Organizations
Birmingham Black BaronsOrganizations
Black and Tan RepublicansOrganizations
Black Entertainment Television (BET) (1980-- )Organizations
Black Panther PartyOrganizations
Black Swan Records (1921-1923)Organizations
BlackPast.org (2007-- )Organizations
Blackstone Rangers/ Black P. Stone Nation/El Rukns (c. 1957--c. 2000)Organizations
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters (1925–1978)Organizations
Brown Fellowship Society (1790--1945)Organizations
Buffalo Soldiers in Vermont (1909-1913)Organizations
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands (1865-1872)Organizations
C.R. Patterson & Sons Company (1893-1939)Organizations
Chicago Defender (1905- )Organizations
Civil Rights Congress (1946-1956)Organizations
Colored Refugee Relief Board (1879-1880)Organizations
Combahee River Collective (1974-1980)Organizations
Congress of Racial Equality (1942)Organizations
Congressional Black Caucus (1971-- )Organizations
Cotton Club of Harlem (1923- )Organizations
Council of Federated Organizations (1962-1965)Organizations
Council on African Affairs (1942-1955)Organizations
Deacons for Defense and JusticeOrganizations
Def Jam Records (1984- )Organizations
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.Organizations
Dodge Revolutionary Union Movement (1968-1971)Organizations
Ebony MagazineOrganizations
Female Anti-Slavery Society, Salem, Massachusetts (1832-1866)Organizations
Fisk Jubilee SingersOrganizations
Free African Society of Philadelphia (1787- ?)Organizations
Friends of Negro Freedom (1920-1930)Organizations
Gay Men of African Descent (GMAD) (1986- )Organizations
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